IoT ESP OLED...LOL

Objective: Connect common SSD1306 OLED screen to the frugal ESP8266 in a effort to develop a personal IoT common hardware core. Cost ~ $16.

Ramsey Gill

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Description

I wanted to become familiar with the ESP8266 and NodeMCU hardware as a cheap and powerful Arduino replacement. I also wanted to select a common display I could roll into ESP based IoT projects. I had used the SSD1306 in the past on other projects but i wasn't sure how ESP friendly it would be. With some digging i turned up a great library for doign exactly what i wanted to do. Big thank you to Daniel Eichhorn and Fabrice Weinberg for taking time to write and share this awesome library.

Details

Just a guide describing the setup process for adding ESP boards to Arduino IDE and installing the SSD1306 OLED driver library in the Arduino IDE.

Components

1 × Node MCU ESP 12-E http://a.co/dDHHf2P
1 × SSD1306 based generic OLED module http://a.co/gKMwsTA
1 × Solder-less breadboard
4 × Jumper Wires

Build Instructions

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Step 1

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IDE SETUP - Get NodeMCU ESP-12E working with Arduino
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Go to Arduino Preferences
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Step 2

Add http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json to the "Additional Boards Manager URLs: (be sure to use a comma between URL's.
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Step 3

Go to Arduino Boards Manager